Merhotepre Sobekhotep
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Merhotepre Sobekhotep was a relatively short-reigning pharaoh of Egypt’s Second Intermediate Period, known from limited archaeological and textual evidence and associated with the later phase of the 13th Dynasty.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Merhotepre | 1 |
| Merhotepre Sobekhotep canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10326781 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Merhotepre Sobekhotep Context triple: [13th Dynasty of Egypt, hasPharaoh, Merhotepre Sobekhotep]
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A.
Khahotepre Sobekhotep
Khahotepre Sobekhotep was a pharaoh of Egypt’s Second Intermediate Period, ruling during the 13th Dynasty and known from limited archaeological and textual evidence.
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B.
Sekhemre Khutawy Sobekhotep
Sekhemre Khutawy Sobekhotep was an early 13th Dynasty pharaoh of ancient Egypt, known for ruling during the politically fragmented Second Intermediate Period.
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C.
Sobekhotep IV
Sobekhotep IV was a prominent pharaoh of Egypt’s 13th Dynasty, known for his relatively long and stable reign during the politically fragmented Second Intermediate Period.
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D.
Sobekhotep III
Sobekhotep III was a pharaoh of Egypt’s 13th Dynasty during the Second Intermediate Period, known from various inscriptions and monuments that attest to his relatively short but documented reign.
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E.
Merhotepre Ini
Merhotepre Ini was a little-known pharaoh of ancient Egypt’s 13th Dynasty who ruled during the politically fragmented Second Intermediate Period.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Merhotepre Sobekhotep Target entity description: Merhotepre Sobekhotep was a relatively short-reigning pharaoh of Egypt’s Second Intermediate Period, known from limited archaeological and textual evidence and associated with the later phase of the 13th Dynasty.
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A.
Khahotepre Sobekhotep
Khahotepre Sobekhotep was a pharaoh of Egypt’s Second Intermediate Period, ruling during the 13th Dynasty and known from limited archaeological and textual evidence.
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B.
Sekhemre Khutawy Sobekhotep
Sekhemre Khutawy Sobekhotep was an early 13th Dynasty pharaoh of ancient Egypt, known for ruling during the politically fragmented Second Intermediate Period.
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C.
Sobekhotep IV
Sobekhotep IV was a prominent pharaoh of Egypt’s 13th Dynasty, known for his relatively long and stable reign during the politically fragmented Second Intermediate Period.
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D.
Sobekhotep III
Sobekhotep III was a pharaoh of Egypt’s 13th Dynasty during the Second Intermediate Period, known from various inscriptions and monuments that attest to his relatively short but documented reign.
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E.
Merhotepre Ini
Merhotepre Ini was a little-known pharaoh of ancient Egypt’s 13th Dynasty who ruled during the politically fragmented Second Intermediate Period.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Thirteenth Dynasty pharaoh
ⓘ
ancient Egyptian pharaoh ⓘ |
| associatedWith | late Thirteenth Dynasty phase ⓘ |
| attestationLevel | sparse ⓘ |
| chronologicalPosition | late Thirteenth Dynasty ruler ⓘ |
| country |
Ancient Egypt
ⓘ
linked to:
Pharaonic Egypt
|
| culture | ancient Egyptian ⓘ |
| dynasty |
Thirteenth Dynasty of Egypt
ⓘ
linked to:
13th Dynasty of Egypt
|
| evidenceType |
limited archaeological evidence
ⓘ
limited textual evidence ⓘ |
| historicalStatus | poorly attested ruler ⓘ |
| knownFrom |
inscriptions
ⓘ
scarab seals ⓘ |
| nameElement |
Sobek (crocodile god)
ⓘ
linked to:
Sobek
|
| nameMeaningComponent | associated with god Sobek ⓘ |
| period | circa mid-2nd millennium BCE ⓘ |
| personalName | Sobekhotep ⓘ |
| politicalContext | period of political fragmentation in Egypt ⓘ |
| predecessorType | uncertain predecessor ⓘ |
| reignLength | short reign ⓘ |
| reignPeriod | Second Intermediate Period of Egypt ⓘ |
| religion |
ancient Egyptian religion
ⓘ
linked to:
Ancient Egyptian religion
|
| royalHouse | House of Sobekhotep ⓘ |
| ruledRegion |
Nile Valley
ⓘ
Upper Egypt ⓘ parts of Lower Egypt ⓘ |
| successorType | uncertain succession ⓘ |
| theophoricName | yes ⓘ |
| throneName |
Merhotepre
ⓘ
linked to:
Merhotepre Sobekhotep
|
| title | King of Upper and Lower Egypt ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Merhotepre Sobekhotep Description of subject: Merhotepre Sobekhotep was a relatively short-reigning pharaoh of Egypt’s Second Intermediate Period, known from limited archaeological and textual evidence and associated with the later phase of the 13th Dynasty.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Merhotepre Sobekhotep